Kuramo Capital Management (“Kuramo Capital”) is an independent investment management firm founded by Africans to help attract commercial capital to develop the African continent. We help African entrepreneurs grow their businesses and contribute to the economic well-being of their local communities. Over the past decade, we have catalyzed nearly $3 billion in investment capital to…
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January 21, 2019 Lagos, Nigeria Kuramo Capital Management (“Kuramo”), an Africa focused investment management firm, is pleased to announce its fifth anchor fund commitment in Nigeria in five years. Kuramo has made a US$15 million commitment to CardinalStone Capital Advisers Growth Fund (“CCAGF”), a generalist private equity fund launched by CardinalStone Capital Advisers (“CCA”)…
Kuramo Capital Management held its 6th annual Sub-Saharan Africa Day on September 25, 2018 during the 2018 United Nations General Assembly week. Held at the Harvard Club of New York, the event brought together prestigious U.S. and global institutional investors and sub-Saharan Africa political and business leaders. The event was a forum to explore the…
Kuramo Capital Management LLC and Nile Capital Management LLC are pleased to announce a strategic partnership to launch a new investment management entity called Kuramo Nile Capital Management LLC (“Kuramo Nile”). As part of the Kuramo Capital platform, Kuramo Nile will focus on delivering superior risk-adjusted returns in Africa’s public markets for institutional and retail…
During this year’s United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Kuramo Capital was proud to host our 4th annual Sub-Saharan Africa Day on Tuesday, September 20th, 2016. Held at the Harvard Club of New York, the event brought together several U.S. and global institutional investors, government officials and key private sector individuals around sub-Saharan Africa. The goal of…
On Monday, April 18th, Kuramo Capital Management had the pleasure of hosting Nigeria’s Finance Minister, the Honorable Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, at the Harvard Club of New York in midtown Manhattan for a private lunch and group discussion with institutional investors during her first official visit to New York. As Finance Minister, Mrs. Adeosun is responsible…
Kuramo Capital Management was proud to participate in a fact-finding visit to Nigeria and Rwanda with the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Penny Pritzker, and members of the PAC-DBIA on January 24 – January 28, 2016. The purpose of the trip was to assess the business environment and make further recommendation to President Obama on the…
Kuramo Capital Management was delighted to co-host the launch of the Institutional Investor Roadshow along with McKinsey & Company and the U.S. Department of Commerce at the St Regis Hotel in New York on Tuesday, September 29th, 2015. The Roadshow, which is an initiative of the President’s Advisory Council…
Kuramo Capital Management was delighted to host a special networking event in partnership with the Nigeria Higher Education Foundation on May 20, 2015. Held at our New York office, the event brought together the city’s African young professionals to engage in discussion over the role of higher education in driving economic growth with a keynote address…
Wale Adeosun, CFA, participated in an interview with the CFA Institute discussing investment opportunities in Africa with Melissa Cook, CFA. Below are excerpts from the interview entitled, “African Horizons: Develop a strategy for Africa now before it’s too late, say two experts on investing in Africa”, written by Nathan Jaye, CFA: An advisory council appointed…